Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Rebels - S1E2 - "Droids in Distress"

3:24 - C-3PO (to R2-D2):  "Secret mission?  What secret mission?"  He says the same thing, also to R2, in A New Hope:  "Secret mission?" [6:50]

4:04 - C-3PO:  "The odds of our mission becoming a complete debacle-"  He also gives the odds of various situations in The Empire Strikes Back:  "R2 says the chances of survival are 725 to 1" [12:15], "Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1!" [38:50], and "Sir, the odds of surviving a direct assault on an Imperial Star Destroyer-" [1:07:19].

4:50 - The decorative border in the hangar seems to be derived from a similar design in a Ralph McQuarrie concept painting for the exterior of Jabba's Palace in Return of the Jedi:



8:41 - Stormtrooper:  "Hands up!"   A stormtrooper also says, "Hands up!" to Han and Leia in Return of the Jedi [1:48:07].  In The Phantom Menace, a battle droid says, "Hands up!" to Jar Jar and Captain Tarpals [2:00:19], and in Revenge of the Sith, one says "Hands up, Jedi!" to Anakin [10:22].

9:58 - C-3PO (to R2):  "The mission is doomed, and so are we!"  He also says "We're doomed" twice (both times to R2) in A New Hope [3:04, 16:02], once (to Han, Leia, and Chewbacca) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:00:38], and once (to R2) in Return of the Jedi [10:03].

10:38 - C-3PO:  "I am C-3PO, and this is my counterpart, R2-D2."  He introduces himself and R2 in almost the same way in A New Hope:  "And I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations, and this is my counterpart, R2-D2" [20:25].

14:22 - C-3PO (making a distress call):  "This is C-3PO, human-cyborg relations..."  He uses the same phrase when he introduces himself to Padmé and to R2-D2 in The Phantom Menace ("I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations" [39:03 and 39:26]), to Luke in A New Hope ("And I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations" [20:25]), and to Lando in The Empire Strikes Back ("I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations" [1:21:31]).  He's about to say the same thing in Return of the Jedi, but EV-9D9 interrupts him, so he gets only as far as "I am C-3PO human-cy-" [11:21].

17:17 - C-3PO (to the stormtroopers):  "Wait, don't shoot!  Don't shoot!  You're here to rescue me!"  He also says this, to Jawas, in A New Hope:  "Don't shoot!  Don't shoot!" [16:27].

19:39 - C-3PO:  "Will our torment never end?"  He has a similar line in A New Hope:  "Will this never end?"  [16:28].

19:43 - Hera:  "Chopper, get us outta here."  Han Solo also says this in A New Hope, although directed to Chewbacca:  "Chewie, get us outta here!" [55:26].

21:26 - This shot of R2 and Bail Organa matches a shot of Leia and R2 in A New Hope [5:08], albeit in mirror image:

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